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Earthquakes 3, Burn 0
Thursday August 14, 2003SOUTHLAKE, Texas (AP) Landon Donovan had two goals and an assist as the San Jose Earthquakes defeated the Dallas Burn 3-0 Wednesday night.
It was the seventh victory for San Jose (10-3-6) over Dallas (3-12-4) in the last eight meetings.
Donovan scored his first goal in the 23rd minute when he fired a one-timer from outside the right corner of the penalty box into the left corner for a 2-0 lead. Donovan scored his sixth goal of the season in the 44th minute, firing a shot into an open net from just outside the goalie's box. Brian Mullan assisted on the score.
Brian Ching scored in the game's 11th minute on a shot into the right corner past D.J. Countess for his sixth goal of the year. Donovan tapped a pass from the top of the penalty box to set up Ching, who fired a shot from 18 yards away for the score.
Jason Kreis, the Burn's leading scorer, left the game in the eighth minute with a sprained left knee. Kreis, only three goals away from becoming the all-time leader in goals scored in MLS history, has failed to score a goal in his last six games.
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